Combined shirt and supporter



' Jan. 18 1927.

N- 'PELTON COMBINED SHIRT AND SUPPORTER Filed August 6 n a m P M .k m N ill Patented Jan. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN PELTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO PELTON KNITTING MILLS, INCL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED SHIRT AND SUPPORTER.

Application filed August 6, 1925.

It is the object of this invention to provide a combined shirt and supporter, which may be worn as a bathing shirt, as an athletic shirt or sweater, or in the place of an ordinary undergarment whenever de-' sired or for any period of time desired.

It is another object of this invention to provide a combined shirt and supporter, which is readily adjustable, and which does not bind in any part of the body.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a body garment in which none but the knitted material is in contact with any part of the body.

A further object of this invention is to provide a combined shirt and supporter which is comfortable at all times, in which the slack in one part of the garment arising during exercise, is taken up by another part of the garment, and which does not require frequent adjustments.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment of the type described, which will wash readily, and which will retain its strength and support after long wear.

The invention will be more clearly understood from the following description of one embodiment of the invention and from the drawings which constitute a part of this specification.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 shows a front view of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 shows a back view. Fig. 3 shows the construction of the supporter.

In the drawings, 10 is the front of the shirt and 11 is the back of the shirt. The front 10 is edged off at the lower edge 12 as is ordinarily done in all shirts. The lower edge 13 of the back of the shirt is cut in the manner shown so as to provide the depend ing tab 14:, which as will be seen hereinafter is utilized for the attachment of the supporter. The material immediately above and immediately adjacent to the tab 14: is cut out so as to provide the opening 15 as shown in the drawings. lVhen the edges of the opening 15 are finished olf, and when the lower edge 13 and the tab 14 are finished off as shown in the drawings, two straps 16 and 17 are formed which serve to unite the tab with the back 11. The straps 16 and 17 it will be seen, are of the same material as the body of the garment, namely of knitted material, are integral with the body of the gar- Selial No. 48,593.

ment and merge at their free ends into th tab 14.

The body of the garment is made of knitted material. The supporter 18 is also made of knitted material. The supporter 18 is made of two layers of knitted material 19 and 20. The two layers of material are folded along the median line 21, and the outer edges 22 and 23 are cut so that the lower end is somewhat narrower than the upper part of the layers of material. Some of the material is then cut away along the curvilinear line 2% as shown in Fig. 3. The outer edges are then finished off as shown, and the inner edges 25, 26, formed by cutting along the curvilinear line 24., are seamed and finished off as shown. This results in the formation of a well fitting pocket, and the lower edge of the supporter is curvilinear and continuous with the side edges 22 and 23. The lower curvilinear edge.27 of the supporter is now attached to the tab 14: as shown, The result is a well fitting supporter made of knitted material, devoid of any excess of material which is likely to curl and cause discomfort, and which is attached to the back of the shirt by means of straps of knitted material which are so disposed as not to cause any binding effects or any other discomforts. I

Two straps 28, 29 of any desirable material are attached near the corners of the supporter and at its upper edge. The straps are preferably disposed between the two layers of material 19 and 20 and are sewed on to the supporter at the time that the upper edge is seamed.

Two tabs 30, 31, preferably of the same material as the straps 28, 29 are attached to the front of the garment at points well above the lower edge of the garment as shown. These tabs carry rust proof buckles 32, 33 which cooperate with the straps 28, 29 for the purpose of adjustably attaching the supporter to the front 10 of the garment.

When the garment is worn and the supporter is adjustedto the use of the wearer, the supporter is firmly suspended from the portion of the garment near the hip line. The supporter and garment cooperate in such a manner that the shirt is prevented from slipping up, while the supporter is prevented from sagging down. The attaching means for the supporter are so disposed that there will be no cutting, binding, or bulging around the joints or between the legs.

I claim:

1. In a combined body garment and supporter, a body garment in the nature of a shirt comprising a front, a back, a downwardly depending extension disposed along the median port-ion of said back, the back having an opening disposed partly in said extension and partly in said back, a supporter attached to said extension below said opening and means for attaching said supporter to the front.

2. In a combined body garment and supporter, a body garment in the nature of a shirt comprising a front, a back, a supporter, and means for attaching said supporter to the back of the garment comprising a tab integral with the back, the back having a cut out portion between the said tab and the main body portion of the back, thereby providing two straps integral with the tab in the back.

In witness whereof I hereunto aifix my signature.

NATHAN PELTON. 

